2009 JULY Photo of the month Contest

[boneaddict]

Hunting/Washington.com
PHOTO OF THE MONTH CONTEST  July 2009
Please enter your favorite photo into our photo of the month contest.

TOPIC this month.   Basically the Great Outdoors.   Summer landscapes, flowers, mountains, gorgeous hikes, wildlife on those hikes etc.  Strap on the boots and go for a hike.  Photos must have been taken within the last year and either be of the entrant, or taken by the entrant.  Good luck and have fun. 
 
-Photo size MUST be 800x600 pixels or LESS  Most violated rule
-2 entries per contestant are allowed per month. If more than 2 entries are submitted the first two elegible ones will be the ones accepted for the contest.
-Entries must be submitted by midnite of the 26th of the current month in order to qualify for that Months contest.
-Photos of Washington material will receive preference in judging as the winner will be posted on the front of a Washington site.  
-Previous Photo of the month entries will not be eligible for this months contest
-The winner of the previous months contest is not eligible for the next months contest.
-Entries will be accepted or rejected as is, meaning the judges will no longer enhance, or alter images. Resizing is legal if you can talk a moderator into doing it for you.
The photos will be evaluated by a panel of Judges made up of  all the moderators.  The winner (NO TIES) will be announced as soon as we come to a majority decision.  

The Winner will have their photo posted on the front page

  
    

New Ideas for the contest:
We are going to start having themes for some of our Photo of the month Contests.  These are not in concrete, but as outlined for now.  Get out there and get those PICS.
January....photo of the year contest/open
February....Winter Predator hunting
March....Hunting buddies
April.....Shed antlers
May.....Fishing (combo this year...Turkey/Fishing)
June......Trailcam pics
July....Landscapes, spring flowers summer hiking trips etc.(wildlife or scenery can be included)
August.......Velvet bucks or bulls
September ...bowhunting/Archery
October....open
November.... Field photos
December.... Winter scenes (wildlife and scenery acceptable...anything winter)

[boneaddict]

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[CoryTDF]

Bone,
You going to make this thread in bold on the top of the page?

[boneaddict]

Indeed..

[tlbradford]

 

[chukar-ridge-quest]

here's my first

[jackelope]

not much to this but i thought  it was cool. a little ways up a trail into the wenaha tucannon wilderness in the blues last deer season.

[jackelope]

and one more from the wet side last deer season.

[rosscrazyelk]

Here are my two

[klickriverchromer]

That second pic of yours rosscrazyelk, is a neat one for sure.  I like it a lot.

[wildebeast]

Bear Grass in full bloom

[tlbradford]

This is finally rolling along.  I think this will be a great month.

[shanevg]

Here is my first.  This is already in the forum under the photography forum.  I saw this bear last Sunday and got some great pictures of it. 

[C-Money]

Steep!

[Aneoakleaf]

Here's a couple  I took last week.